Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-10-23
.sNUF CED, ON BASE BALL.

He Expresses Some Very Interesting and
Useful Chunks Of Wisdom Concerning
the wheeling Club and Its Prospects
/ don't know whether any of my ball
playing friends ever heard of that lament
ABLY foolish event when the goose that
had been laying golden eggs was executed Dy
its avaricious owner and there no gold was
found, and, as q matter OF course, as Wen
as regret, there were no more eggs Iortn.
coming. This is what the young blood
in the Ohio League is aiming at. AT
least, il is so in this city. Many OF last
years nine are asking from 500 to $50.
1t will not take much arithmetic to hgure
out how long q club paying such salaries
can last. In fact, it would be foolish on
the mart of the management to bind them
selves To a contract when they are not
vet certain that there will be a League.
of auy description. The meeting OF the
representatives of the association does not
take place until next month. 1t IL said
that Springfield and Dayton are, like, Cur
titus, willing to throw themselves in the
gap and save the fate of the League, but so
far there has been no responsible offer
made II is all talk.
The gentlemen who play in the Ohio
League might as well understand it now,
that the organization depends mainly on
the modest estimate Of their own abilities
to throw a ball. 1t will not survive one
month if fancy prices are paid. And right
here a word Of caution may be dropped to
the player who is signing to play before
larger grand stands and larger leagues.
There is not one player in a hundred who
can make leap, as is thought of by some,
land safely and keep up his reputation.
He will find to his sorrow that the
company is too fast for him, and
il will not be long before he
will be coming home with his release in
his pocket. Because one plays in club
that once defeated Pittsburg it is no sign
that the club wont last if his support Is
removed. The young man who imaglnes
his place can never be filled IS as foolish
as the ball player who wants to play near
home, vet asks for o salary that 1t is out
of the question to pay. Some would say
to these ambitious boys go where you can
get it. This is not wisdom. The smaller
| leagues are but training schools for the
| National League and American Association.
| but many who have gone up into
| the higher classes have been put back
again, for not being able to trOt as fast as
| their new companions. Those players
show the greatest sense who are willing to
remain in this preparatory school until
they are thoroughly equipped to 90 up
higher. This kind of players are never
mortified by being sent home with certif-
Gates of their failure in the shape of their
/ 80 xg,s child fbat cfaua az
its mothers breast until it is weaned.
The Wheeling base ball organization is
| 10 debt and sees no way out at present.
| Players that they want to sign request adj
vance money, and of course it cannot be
paid Why wont the citizens of Wheeling
| vino love honest sport come to the aid Of
the management and subscribe literally
for stock, and save the club from dropping
into the hands ofspeCulators and gamblers,
who are to put up the funds necessary If
| thew can obtain the franchise. This mac
tivlty cannot last long. 1t is question Of
| life or death with the organization, and
those who enjoyed the sport last season
must give the club substantial sympathy
| in the way of subscriptions TO stock. The
/ club really made money last year, and
would have declared q handsome dividend
had they not had the plant to pay for.
As generous as Wheeling has been in the
way of patronizing games, it will not sup
port any fancy-priced men. This much Is
certain, and those who are dreaming golden
dreams had better wake up to the reality.
The disposition of the management is to
await developments. They have three
good men signed, and can afford TO wait
until players become reasonable in their
! terms. NUF CED.